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with time limits between check points and a point scoring system to determine a winner of each event. The time limits caused some problems with the inhabitants of where the tour traveled through as autos scared horses, caused personal and property damage and sometimes appeared to not care.
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that jumped over an embankment. The car turned over and he was crushed between the steering wheel, suffering several ribs broken and serious internal injuries, from which he succumbed four days later at Bryan hospital. It is believed that Mr. Clark was demonstrating the Stewart
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The tours were gruelling events: cars broke down, were damaged by accidents, and encountered nearly impassable roads. Drivers and teams did repairs on the run and helped out other drivers having difficulties.
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divided the courses into sections; the time check at the end of each section was performed by race officials called "checkers." These checkers used checkered flags to identify themselves.
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Memorial Award by the AAA in recognition for his role in reestablishing the Glidden Auto Tours, and maintaining the spirit of the original tours as founded by Post.
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To bring more awareness and sponsorship to the event, the AAA announced that the tour would be a "reliability and endurance" tour, a type of
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The first two days of the 1907 edition of the Glidden Auto Tour were marred by a number of accidents that resulted in the death of one man,
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traveling premarked routes and stopping in local towns to show off their vehicles, many people dressed in period costume. Original founder
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At the turn of the century automobile travel was difficult as the road systems around the world were generally not well suited for the
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participated in every Glidden Tour until his death in 1952. In 1954, Dr. Jay Rice Moody was given the Col.
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Alexander Film Co. Archive has a series of videos featuring the 1964 Glidden Tour "Pikes Peak or Bust"
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enthusiast, who presented the AAA with a trophy first awarded to the winner of the 1905 tour.
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with approximate route charted (on modern roads that didn't exist in 1908) on Google Maps
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The original Glidden Tours were held from 1904 to 1913. They were named after
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The silver Glidden trophy is still presented to the winner of the event.
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serving as the pathfinder car to lay out the 1911 route from New York to
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A flag worth dying for : the power and politics of national symbols
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who competed to test their vehicles and use the events for advertising.
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The tours went several hundred miles in the US and occasionally into
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In 1906, the Glidden Tours were the first motor race to use a
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in the Antique Automobile Club of America Photo Gallery
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Postcard
Flanders 20
Jacksonville, Florida
automotive Brass Era
American Automobile Association
Augustus Post
legislation
Charles J. Glidden
automobile
checkered flag
Sidney Walden
Thomas J. Clark
John K. Stewart
Bryan, Ohio
Packard
speedometer
horseless carriage
road rally
automobile manufacturers
Canada

Belle Isle Park

Veteran Motor Car Club of America
antique cars
Augustus Post
Augustus Post
"Auto Cup Race for America"
Archived

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